Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies [Paperback]

Alvin Schwartz (Editor), Glen Rounds (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

‘There are few things as beguiling as a really audacious lie, and the prospect of a collection of them seems almost too good to be true. There are hunting yarns, lies about farming, about insects and animals, about the weather . . . all illustrated to a T." —NYT.

Children’s Choices for 1976 (IRA/CBC)
Notable 1975 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)

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About the Author

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories -- Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read Books, In A Dark, Dark Room and Ghosts! -- are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: HarperTrophy (February 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064460916
• ISBN-13: 978-0130407412
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,997,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Read read, December 11, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies (Paperback)

This book is about tall tales and other big lies. Some of the stories are so weird they are funny. And some are not. The book has stories like a man who caught such a big fish that the picture weighed 20 pounds. And some of tall tales you have probably heard before. I liked the book because I like tall tales and funney stories. The stories are pretty short. The longest story is about four pages long. In the book there are about 25 stories. I would recommend this book to K-5 grades who like lies.